General Description
Location: Located on the Mediterranean coast approx 250km to the W of Algiers and 100km to the E of Oran.
General overview: The port, also known as Mestghanem, is a small general cargo port handling mainly cereal, sugar, wine and asphalt. Traffic figures: Approx 2,000,000t and 1,725TEU are handled annually.
The port consists of 10 berths. Vessels that arrive after sunset usually wait in the roads until 0600 the next day. The is also a rail connections on quay.
A Sugar Silo is available on Maghreb Quay.
Load line zone: Summer.
Max size: LOA 196m, Draught 7.62m to 8.23m depending on the berth.